Grants to Georgia Nonprofits and Agencies for Breast
Cancer Treatment, Education, and Support Services

Description: Request a Grant Writer

Grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 to Georgia nonprofit organizations and government agencies for breast cancer treatment, support, education, and screening services. Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend the October 11 or October 13 grant writing workshop. Projects may take place in Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham, Camden, Glynn, Effingham, Liberty, Long, or McIntosh Counties.

The funding priority areas are listed below in order of importance based on the needs identified in the 2015 Community Profile.

1. Projects that reduce barriers related to cost of direct services (i.e.: screening and diagnostic services) for medically-underserved individuals. The medically-underserved are people with life circumstances that make them susceptible to falling through the cracks in the health care system. Many do not have health insurance or cannot afford it; those who do have insurance sometimes face insufficient coverage. The medically underserved also include those who have trouble accessing health care for any reason. They are people who have illnesses or disabilities that have extended their need for care beyond their coverage, or people who live in remote areas where health services are scarce. As the health care system has become more complex and more difficult to navigate, even people with insurance and many resources can be underserved.

The Affiliate seeks to fund programs that provide no cost or low cost breast cancer screening and diagnostic services, financial assistance with diagnostic copays/deductibles and transportation assistance.

Priority will be given to projects that serve one or more of the following populations:

a. Black/African American Residents in Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, or McIntosh Counties

b. Medically-Underserved Residents in Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, or McIntosh Counties

Projects must include a comprehensive communications plan to educate Coastal Georgia residents about the availability of local resources.

2. Evidence-based patient navigation programs that increase the number of Medically Underserved and/or Black/African American residents served through Navigation services, with priority given to projects that seamlessly transition residents through the continuum of care from education through screening, diagnosis and treatment. Patient navigation is a process by which a trained individual guides patients through and around barriers in the complex breast cancer care system. The primary focus of a patient navigator is on the individual patient, with responsibilities centered on coordinating and improving access to timely diagnostic and treatment services tailored to individual needs. Patient navigators offer interventions that may vary from patient to patient along the continuum of care and include a combination of informational, emotional, and practical support (i.e., breast cancer education, counseling, care coordination, health system navigation, and access to transportation, language services and financial resources).

Examples of successful projects include those that:
-Increase breast cancer action due to increased knowledge;
-Increase the number of “never screened” women getting breast cancer screening;
-Reduce the number of women “lost to follow‐up;”
-Reduce time from abnormal screening to diagnostic procedures;
-Reduce time from diagnostic resolution to treatment;
-Increase treatment compliance.

Funds may be requested for the following types of expenses, provided they are directly attributable to the project:
-Key Personnel / Salaries
-Consultants/ Sub-contracts
-Supplies
-Travel
-Patient care
-Other direct project expenses
-Equipment, including software, not to exceed $5,000 total, essential to the breast health‐related project to be conducted
-Indirect costs, not to exceed 12% percent of direct costs